Deb is an experienced marketing and communications executive with a proven track record of success and an especially keen insight into local political dynamics and external factors affecting organizational performance and behaviors.Twenty years ago,...
Development
Larry Hitz
Raised in Kouts, Indiana, Broker/Owner Larry Hitz co-founded Executive Group in 1982 with the true understanding of what defines a community. Having grown up in a loving, supportive family in a small town environment, Larry knew the significance of...
How To Have A Successful Grand Opening/Ribbon-Cutting/Open House
The Portage Chamber of Commerce is very pleased to have the opportunity to help with your business grand opening. The Chamber will provide you with the ceremonial scissors and the ribbon. We will also provide a mailing list for your invitations....
Jennifer Wright
Now the Director of Resource Development for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Porter County, Jennifer Wright is from Valparaiso and is a Boys & Girls Club alumnus. She has been working at Boys & Girls Clubs around the country for the past 20...
Pat and Lindy Salvi
For over 25 years, Pat Salvi has been the managing partner of the prominent Chicago law firm, Salvi Schostok & Pritchard, P.C. He attended Saint Mary’s University in Winona, Minnesota where he received his Bachelor's degree, and then...
Chancellor Bruce Bergland
Dr. Bruce Bergland came to IU Northwest on July 1, 1999 from Trinity College of Vermont where he served as vice president for academic and student affairs. He also served as professor of basic and applied sciences, and academic dean. His first months...
Porter-Starke Services, Inc Groundbreaking Ceremony (with Photos)
Porter-Starke Services, Inc and Chester, Inc hosted a ceremonial groundbreaking today, October 13, at the site of future new Porter-Starke Services building, located at 3176 Lancer Road, Portage, Ind. The ceremony opened with welcomes by David...
What is the Mayor’s Role in Economic Development
Last night, the PNC Center for Economic Development and Research (CEDaR) hosted an economic development workshop, “What is the Mayor’s Role in Economic Development?” The free event featured a discussion between local mayors about economic...
Give Your Business the 20 Questions
As a parent of any teenager knows, the routine of asking them the 20 questions about what they are doing, who are they doing it with, when are they going to do it, and whether whatever it is that they are doing is good for them, is a critical part of...
Book Review: The Change Function: Why Some Technologies Take Off and Others Crash and Burn
Book Written by Pip Coburn Book Summary by Chris Mahlmann In the last year or two, how many times have you heard the word “change”? 1,000? 10,000? Between the political campaigns, the economy, and the world all around us, “change” seems to be...